Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorostilbon notatus) - HBW 5, p. 572

French: Colibri à menton bleu German: Blaukinn-Smaragdkolibri Spanish: Esmeralda Gorgiazul
Other common names: Audebert’s Hummingbird

Taxonomy: Trochilus notatus Reich, 1793, Cayenne.
Formerly placed in monospecific genus Chlorestes, but morphology and bioacoustics indicate that merging into Chlorostilbon is more appropriate. Author and year of scientific description of species have consistently been misquoted. Racial variation complex and possibly not constant; intermediate populations exist. Birds of Brazil S of Amazon formerly awarded race cyanogenys. Two highly doubtful forms known only from trade skins (one and two respectively) from Bahia: “C. subcaeruleus” is probably a hyperchromatic aberration of present species; “C. hypocyaneus” may be a mutant of present species, or hybrid of present species with Hylocharis cyanus, or possibly even a valid species. Also, “Eucephala scapulata”, known from single specimen from French Guiana, is probably a hybrid of present species with Thalurania furcata. Three subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

notatus (Reich, 1793) - NE Colombia through N & E Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and the Guianas to E Brazil (Pará to Bahia).
puruensis Riley, 1913 - NW Brazil (N of Amazon, E to mouths of R Trombetas and R Negro) to SE Colombia and NE Peru (upper R Ucayali).
obsoletus (Zimmer, 1950) - NE Peru on lower R Ucayali near mouth of R Napo, and W probably to mouth of R Huallaga.

Least Concern

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Perched at Yerette, Maracas Valley Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 19 May 2011 2 years ago 4.7
A perched Blue-chinned Sapphire. Locality Asa Wright Nature Centre, Arima Valley, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago (ssp notatus)
Steve Garvie 1 May 2006 3 years ago 4.4
Male displaying tail at Yerette Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
fayardmohammed 29 April 2011 2 years ago 4.2
Adult male, seen from the side, perched on thin twig i a tree at Village Natureza. Locality Pipa, Rio Grande do Norte State, Brazil (ssp notatus)
Pia Öberg 12 December 2004 1 year ago 4
A fenale displaying on a branch Locality Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela (ssp notata)
Eduardo López 29 October 2008 4 years ago 4
an adult male perched at the foothills of Paramin,Maraval Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 23 December 2011 1 year ago 3.8
Bird captured in mist nets during ecological research to understand the effect of different types of land use on the avifauna Am Locality Almeirim, Pará State, Brazil
Christian Andretti 20 January 2005 12 weeks ago 3.8
Bird captured in mist nets during ecological research to understand the effect of different types of land use on the avifauna Am Locality Almeirim, Pará State, Brazil
Christian Andretti 20 January 2005 12 weeks ago 3.8
Bird captured in mist nets during ecological research to understand the effect of different types of land use on the avifauna Am Locality Almeirim, Pará State, Brazil
Christian Andretti 10 December 2004 12 weeks ago 3.7
male displaying its colours while perched at Yerette Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 20 May 2011 2 years ago 3.7
a female perched at Asa Wright Nature Reserve Locality Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago
Stephen Romany 11 February 2010 2 years ago 3.3
Ventral view of female flying in vegetation Locality Finca La Vuelta Larga, Sucre State, Venezuela (ssp notatus)
Mikko Pyhälä 1 April 2010 3 years ago 2.5